Trailer
Following the footsteps of Samuel Beckett's "Waiting for Godot", two actors from Calcutta go to the largest gathering of humans on earth - the Hindu festival of Maha Kumbh of Allahabad in 2013, which occurs once in 12 years, to search for Kalki - the Tenth and the final avatar of Lord Vishnu. The most mysterious of Vishnu's Avatar who has been on earth but has never been found. However, an outbreak of a monumental war occurs during their quest. They then prepare themselves by reading Chairman Mao-se-Tung's "Little Red Book".
Credits
Script & Director: Ashish Avikunthak
DoP: Basab Mullik
Sound: Joydeep Dutta
Editing: Pritha Chakraborty, Ashish Avikunthak
Producer: Ashish Avikunthak
Coproducer: Kristina Konrad, weltfilm Berlin
Sound Design: Sukanta Mzumdar
Dialogue: Sougata Mukherjee, Ashish Avikunthak
Music: Reena Esmail
SELECTED REVIEWS
2016 Kalkimanthankatha, Q&A at Tisch School, New York University
2016 Maha Kumbh Journal during the making of "Kalkimanthankatha" - Part 2
2016 Maha Kumbh Journal during the making of "Kalkimanthankatha" - Part 1
2015 Exhibition Catalog of Kalkimanthankatha, Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai
2015 Indian Express, Mumbai – Eyes Wide Open
2015 The Hindu, Chennai – Outside the Boundaries
2015 Asian Age, Mumbai – Churning no Absolute
Technical Specifications
Language: Bengali
Color: Color & B&W
Format: DCP
Runtime: 79 Minutes
Country: India & Germany
Year: 2015
Selected Screenings
2016 Yale University
2016 New York University
2015 Univeristy of Rhode Island
2015 Gallery Chatterjee & Lal, Mumbai